容
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to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 容
- Common rank
- #574
- Unicode
- U+5BB9
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
contain · Heisig RSH #701
house + 谷 valley
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 容
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼里容不得沙子 | can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom); unable to put sth objectionable out of one's … | |
| 无地自容 | (idiom) ashamed and unable to show one's face | |
| 水火不容 | completely incompatible; lit. incompatible as fire and water | |
| 不相容原理 | (Pauli) exclusion principle (physics) | |
| 一山不容二虎 | lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom); fig. this town ain't big enough for the t… | |
| 间不容发 | (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state; on the brink of c… | |
| 容城县 | Rongcheng, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 电解电容 | electrolytic capacitor | |
| 不相容 | incompatible | |
| 容不得 | unable to tolerate; intolerant; unable to bear sth | |
| 天理难容 | Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom); intolerable behavior | |
| 电容器 | capacitor | |
| 大度包容 | generous and forgiving | |
| 面带病容 | to look unwell | |
| 大容量 | high capacity | |
| 包容心 | tolerance; acceptance; inclusivity | |
| 华容区 | Huarong, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市[E4 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 华容县 | Huarong, a county in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 无处容身 | nowhere to hide | |
| 美容手术 | cosmetic surgery |
Sound family
These characters use 容 as their sound component — compare how they read.